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by Jes Gonzalez
Please contact Jes at Jes313@hotmail.com if you know of any Buster Keaton cinema screenings with live musical accompaniment in your area so we can add them to this Calendar and help promote Buster's films
and your theater. Thanks!
November 2011
Dear readers,
If you don't see a screening near you (in the list below), you can contact one of the musicians listed, or a film programmer at your local historic movie house, art museum, art institute, public library, or school film/theatre/music dept. and ask about arranging a screening.
Check with theatres to verify below information.
See the latest silent screening events - many courtesy of Bruce Calvert
- on www.nitrateville.com!
UNITED STATES
CALIFORNIA
STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. (1928, Buster Keaton Productions)
Buster Keaton filmed this Mississippi riverboat comedy in Sacramento.
It includes one of his most famous
and dangerous stunts.
Preceded by shorts:
THE LEATHER PUSHERS: ROUND 3 (1922, Universal) Reginald Denny
RUN GIRL RUN (1928, Sennett) Carole Lombard, Daphne Pollard
Frederick Hodges (piano)
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
37417 Niles Boulevard
Fremont, California 94536
Saturday, November 26, 7:30PM
Suggested donation: $5
NEW YORK
MAGIC AND THE SILENT CLOWNS:
A PRESENTATION BY BEN ROBINSON
There is a strong link between some of cinema’s great comedians and magic.
Performers such as Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, and
Harpo Marx started out in the world of vaudeville; many of their finest gags
grew directly out of their love of magic. Magician and author Ben Robinson
will show scenes from such movies as Grandma’s Boy, Sherlock Jr.,
The Circus, and Duck Soup to examine this important connection
between magic, comedy, and cinema.
Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35 Avenue (at 37 Street)
Astoria, NY 11106
Saturday, December 17, 3PM
Free with Museum admission
THE CAMERAMAN (live piano accompaniment by Steve Sterner)
Film Forum
209 W Houston St, New York, NY 10014
Monday, December 26, 8PM (Tickets to this film available online beginning December 19)
http://www.filmforum.org/
ALLOY ORCHESTRA PRESENTS: MASTERS OF SLAPSTICK
This unique evening is made up of three 20-minute silent films starring
Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. This selection of short films features a
three-man musical ensemble performing live accompaniment.
Working with classic instruments and a collection of odd objects,
they recreate the expressive music and sounds of that era.
Center for the Arts / College of Staten Island
Williamson Theatre
2800 Victory Boulevard
Staten Island, NY 10314
Friday, February 3, 8PM
Running Time: 2 hours, including intermission
Tickets: $20, $25
NORTH CAROLINA
THE GENERAL (live accompaniment by David Drazin)
The History Place
1008 Arendell Street
Morehead City, NC 28557
Saturday, March 3, 2012, 6:30PM
OHIO
SHERLOCK JR. accompanied by David Drazin
Lakewood Public Library
Lakewood, Ohio
Friday, November 11, 7PM
UTAH
AN EVENING WITH BUSTER KEATON
A selection of great Keaton shorts selected by Beth Pederson of the Buster Keaton Society
Blaine Gale at the Wurlitzer Pipe Organ
The Organ Loft
3331 Edison Street (1/3 block east of State Street at 33rd South
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
801-485-9265 * Adults $6.00
November 17th & 18th at 7:30PM
http://www.organloftslc.com/
VIRGINIA
AN EVENING WITH KEVIN BROWNLOW
Kevin Brownlow is a filmmaker, film historian, television documentary-maker, author,
and Academy Award recipient, best known for his work documenting the history
of the silent era. In this evening’s program, he will discuss his career and
clips will be shown from his documentaries and restorations.
Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
Library of Congress
Packard Campus
19053 Mount Pony Road
Culpeper, VA 22701-7551
Saturday, November 26 , 7:30PM
Please check all show times before setting out as venues may be
subject to change.
Please check all show times before setting out as venues may be subject to change.